From the Trenches World Report

Gainesville Sun

The stretch of interstate will likely remain closed overnight, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

Seven people died and at least eight more were injured, some of them critically, in a multi-vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Interstate 75.

Two tractor-trailer rigs, a passenger van and mid-sized sedan were involved in the fiery crash in the southbound lanes at mile marker 393 north of Northwest 39th Avenue. It was reported about 3:33 p.m.   Continue reading “Seven killed in fiery crash on I-75 between Alachua, Gainesville”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While most Americans thought they wouldn’t be affected by the partial government shutdown, anyone with a federal tax refund coming to them will have to wait until the stalemate is over, according to the Wall Street Journal.

As one of the agencies which now lacks funding, the IRS and the US tax collector are operating with roughly 1/8 of their usual staff under a shutdown plan it’s operating under outside the tax-filing season.    Continue reading “IRS Won’t Issue Refunds During Shutdown: That Could Be A Problem”

RT

New York City has made it easier than ever to change gender legally, removing restrictions that required a doctor’s note and adding a third “X” category to birth certificates to accommodate intersex and non-binary people.   Continue reading “No doctor needed: NYC adds non-binary category to birth certificates”

The Realist Report

In yet another display of utter subservience to the Jewish state of Israel, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Brazil yesterday to reassure his Zionist masters that the U.S. was still committed to Israel’s security and protection, despite President Trump’s vague decision to withdrawn U.S. military forces from Syria.

Following the meeting, an Israeli official boasted that his country got “almost everything it wanted” out of Pompeo, once again demonstrating that the U.S. government, by and large, places the interests of Jews and the Jewish state of Israel ahead of Americans, especially in the realm of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.  Continue reading “Israel Brags That It Received “Almost Everything It Wanted” In Meeting With Pompeo”

Reason – by Eric Bohem

A federal judge has ruled that the Oregon Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying violated the First Amendment when it tried to fine Mats Järlström—an Oregonian with a degree in engineering and years of experience in the field—for describing himself as “an engineer.”

In a ruling issued Friday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman issued a permanent injunction against the board’s enforcement of the relevant rules, which had included trying to fine Järlström $500 for describing himself as an engineer in a non-professional context.  Continue reading “Judge Confirms: Oregon Engineer Has a First Amendment Right to Call Himself an Engineer”

Collective Evolution – by Richard Enos

Bre Payton was a writer for the conservative online news magazine The Federalist and a guest commentator on the Fox News Channel. And she was a rising star.

“From the moment we started talking I realized she was a potential star,” Ben Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist, said in an essay on Saturday. “She was raw, yes, but that could be honed. She was eager to learn, to write, and to go places—not because of ambition, but because she wanted to change the world.”   Continue reading “Journalist Who Broke Story Of Mueller Deleting Text Messages Dies Suddenly”

Reason – by Scott Shackford

Yet again, a cop has invoked a law intended to shield the privacy of crime victims to keep his name from being released after he killed a suspect.

At the end of November, a Pennington County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Matthew John Lorenzen, 19, of Rapid City, South Dakota. According to police reports, Lorenzen led deputies on a chase and allegedly shot at them. Lorenzen then rolled his SUV into a ditch and, according to the sheriff’s department, exited his vehicle holding the weapon, which prompted the deputy to shoot him.   Continue reading “Are We About to See a Wave of Police Using ‘Victim’s Rights’ Laws to Keep Conduct Secret?”

Big League Politics – by Tom Pappert

A second year medical student has been suspended from the University of Virginia after questioning his professors during a lecture on microaggressions.

Kieran Bhattacharya was suspended from the University of Virginia after the institution alleged Bhattacharya became “unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful” during a lecture Bhattacharya says was titled “Microaggressions: Why Are They So Sensitive.”   Continue reading “College Student Suspended For “Antagonizing” SJW Microaggression Lecture”

FEE – by Jose Nino

Is gun confiscation coming to Congress?

The 2018 midterm elections produced a split Congress with Democrats gaining control of the House and Republicans gaining seats in the Senate.   Continue reading “Bipartisan Support for Gun Confiscation Is Growing”

NBC News

The family of a Massachusetts bodybuilder who died after police used a Taser on him as he allegedly attacked a Tinder date with a knife said he had been undergoing mental health treatment.

Erick Stelzer died Thursday after police responding to a domestic disturbance call found him “actively assaulting” a woman with a knife and shocked him with a stun gun in order to free her, according to the Cohasset Police Department.   Continue reading “Bodybuilder who stabbed Tinder date before dying in police custody was getting mental health treatment”

The Organic Prepper – by J. G. Martinez D.

I will use my own experience as a general guide so you can do your own version. After having struggled with all kinds of equipment my entire life, ranging from farming machinery, light industry power tools with a diverse degree of complexity, my best advice is:

Don’t. Lose. The. Operation. Manual.   Continue reading “Technical Advice: How Much Power Do You Need?”